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Claibornites rotunda

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

Taxonomy
Lucina rotunda was named by Lea (1833). It is the type species of Claibornites.

It was recombined as Claibornites rotunda by Stewart (1930).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cedrensis, C. louristana, Codakia claytonia, Codakia symmetrica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Lucina rotunda Lea
1919Lucina rotunda Harris p. 122
1930Claibornites rotunda Stewart pp. 183 - 184

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—LucinidiaGray 1854
orderLucinida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyLucinoideaFleming 1828
familyLucinidaeFleming 1828
subfamilyMilthinaeChavan 1969
genusClaibornites
speciesrotunda(Lea 1833)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-17 03:07:50
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:44:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available